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High school basketball starts on Monday in the area with two area schools competing Monday and two others on Tuesday. The Dora Lady Falcons will host Norwood at 6 p.m., and the Gainesville Lady Bulldogs will open their season at Forsyth for a 6 p.m. game. Gainesville's boys open their season on Dec...
Bakersfield School will host its blue and white games, beginning at 6 p.m., Friday (Nov. 16) at the school. According to athletic director Doyne Byrd, the night will start with the high school girls' scrimmage at 6p.m., and at 6:30 the school will recognize its fall athletes. This will include...
With 2.5 second left on the clock and the game tied at 43-43, Gainesville senior Paxton Smith walked over to one of the referees and smiled and said, "Watch this! It's going to be marvelous!" He was only joking, but Smith threw up a half-court prayer at the buzzer and sank it to give the...
Spring high school baseball and softball is in full swing around the region. Watch our website and upcoming issues of the Ozark County Times for reports and photos from area games. <p>Gainesville's Blake Garrison tosses a pitch Monday afternoon as the Bulldogs took on the Alton Comets in...
Jeremy Hambelton won the champion flight Saturday, May 19, at the Lost Woods Golf Course one-person scramble with hole sponsor by North Arkansas Electric. Michael Loftis was second and Matt Shockey was third. A-flight was won by Dustin Wallace. Jay Cummings placed second, and Jarrett Wallace was...
Austin Thompson, 18, thought his high school baseball playing days were over after he graduated from Gainesville High School in May. Then he received a surprise phone call from GHS coach Tyler Knight, who told him he was invited to play in the June 11-12, 2011, Missouri High School Baseball Coaches...
St. Louis Cardinals' all-star first baseman Albert Pujols will miss at least the next month of the season after tests on Monday revealed a fractured left forearm. Team doctors say he has a non-displaced break near his left wrist. His arm is in a splint. Pujols injured it on a play at first base in...
Aaron View of Columbia and Isabella caught this catfish recently with "rod and reel with a worm and bobber" on a conservation area of Bull Shoals Lake. The fish was about five feet, six inches long and weighed more than 70 pounds. View reportedly released the fish after photographing it. <p>...
The Dora Lady Falcons lost to Naylor 3-2 in sectional play Wednesday night. The Dora softball squad made school history by winning districts last week, beating Bakersfield 4-3 in the championship game. Dora finishes they year with a 19-7 record. <p>Dora's Makala Trail pitches against...
An alumni basketball game for all former Gainesville High School Lady Bulldogs will be 6 p.m., April 1 at the high school. Proceeds will benefit GHS Project Graduation. For information call Shaun Simpson at 417-372-0172

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